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Economic Development - Enterprise Zone Program - Alterations

Sponsor: Julie Palakovich Carr (District 17)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: Economic and Community DevelopmentStatus: Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the circumstances under which the Secretary of Commerce may designate an area as an enterprise zone to include an area identified in the master plan of a county as a priority area, a designated area for future growth, or a priority area for neighborhood or commercial revitalization; prohibiting the Secretary from designating a new enterprise zone or granting an expansion of an existing enterprise zone under certain circumstances; altering a certain limitation on the area by which an existing enterprise zone may be expanded; etc.

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Testimony (12)

MGA witness list
FAV 7FavorableUNF 4UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVAppletree, RoyLeague of Women Voters of MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVSchumitz, KalilobbyistMaryland Center on Economic PolicyWritten (PDF)
FAVSlayton, KevinMaryland Fair Funding CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Palakovich Carr, Delegate Palakovich CarrlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVHicks, MyleslobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVPalakovich Carr, JulieIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVRiley, DeniselobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFReaser, DouglasCity of HagerstownWritten (PDF)
UNFSanderson, MichaelMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Oral + Written (PDF)
UNFFiore, JustinMaryland Municipal LeagueWritten (PDF)
UNFPGCo Executive, Prince George's County ExecutiveIndividualWritten (PDF)
INFOSchulz, KellyMaryland Department Of CommerceWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVSchumitz, KaliMaryland Center on Economic PolicyRegistered for: Maryland Center on Economic Policy
FAVHicks, MylesRegistered for: Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence
FAVRiley, DeniseRegistered for: American Federation of Teachers - Maryland